Awakening: The unveiling of historically unaddressed social inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

The violence and victimization brought by colonization and slavery and justified for over a century by race-based science have resulted in enduring inequities for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) across the United States. This is particularly true if BIPOC individuals have other intersecting devalued identities. We highlight how such longstanding inequities paved the way for the disproportionate burdens of COVID-19 among the BIPOC populations across the country and provide recommendations on how to improve COVID-19 mitigation strategies with the goal of eliminating disparities.

Source: Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America - January 31, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Michele P. Andrasik, Alika K. Maunakea, Linda Oseso, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz, Stephaun Wallace, Karina Walters, Michi Yukawa Source Type: research